Biographical dossier

Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

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Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q174880
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q174880
Wikidata ID
Q174880
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
AD 1515–AD 1582
Birth anchor
Ávila, Spain (AD 1515)
Death anchor
Alba de Tormes (AD 1582)
HPI
81.97035913244339

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1515 and AD 1582. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Ávila, Spain (AD 1515). Death: Alba de Tormes (AD 1582).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 8.158539852379883.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening

Historical horizon

Teresa belongs to Carmelite reform, Spanish mystical theology and the post-Tridentine regulation of religious life. The profile connects autobiographical writing, foundations, prayer doctrine and ecclesiastical scrutiny.

Primary-source path

  • Life
  • Way of Perfection
  • Interior Castle
  • Foundations
  • Letters
  • Processes of beatification and canonization

Geography and institutions

Birth anchor: Ávila, Spain; Death anchor: Alba de Tormes The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.

Connected study paths

Carmelite reformChurch History

This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.